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Galactogen, a virus‐like particle from slugs
Author(s) -
KASSANIS B.,
WOODS R. D.,
MACFARLANE I.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1984.tb03086.x
Subject(s) - biology , nucleic acid , glycogen , virus like particle , particle (ecology) , virus , biochemistry , virology , ecology , gene , recombinant dna
SUMMARY Virus‐like particles were isolated from three species of slugs. Further investigation showed that the preparations contained very little nucleic acid and not more than 2% protein. Colorimetric and chromatographic analyses showed that they were composed almost entirely of galactogen and glycogen.